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Battle of the Bulge

  • Photo of The Battle of the Bulge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_the_Bulge.jpg
  • Date: 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
  • Location: The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany
  • Players : The Germans(500,000), Americans(600,000), and British(55,000)
  • Victory/Outcome: The Allied forces won the battle. 100,000 German casualties, killed, wounded or captured 81,000 American casualties, including 23,554 captured and 19,000 killed,1,400 British casualties 200 killed.
  • Purpose: The Germans goal was to reach the sea, trap four allied armies, and impel a negotiated peace on the Western front.
  • Importance: last great German offensive of the war
  • Battle Plans for The Battle of the Bulge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P23(map).jpg
  • Fancy Looking chart that mrs barrett thinks is SOOOOO important:
Campaigns
Missing/Captured in Action
 |
 Wounded/Injured in Action
 |
 Killed/DOW in Action





Normandy.......


665


2,303


868



Holland...........


398


2,151


752



Belgium..........


527


2,449


482



Germany........


X


X


X


TOTALS............


1,590


2,782


2,043